Retired Portland attorney William C. Martin
died Nov. 15, 2001 at the age of 78. He was born May 25, 1923 in
Shenandoah, Iowa and received his B.A. and law degrees from the
University of Iowa.

During World War II Martin served as a B-17 bomber
pilot stationed in England. He joined the Portland firm then known
as Dusenbery, Teiser, Martin & Schwab, now known as Martin,
Bischoff, Templeton, Langlet & Hoffman.

In November 1965 Martin traveled to Jackson, Miss.,
and spent a month representing African Americans as a volunteer
with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. He was the
second Oregonian lawyer to volunteer for this work, following the
footsteps of Cliff Carlsen. In 1998 he was one of the 24 Oregon
attorneys (the 'Oregon Chapter of the Honorary Mississippi
Bar Alumni Association') awarded the ACLU's prestigious McNaughton
Award for their civil rights work in Mississippi.

During his career Martin was chosen Boss of the Year
by the Portland Legal Secretaries Association. He was active in
many community and civic activities around Portland and Lake Oswego.
Martin is fondly remembered by the firm that still bears his name
as 'an energetic and at times irascible advocate for his clients.'

In 1986 Martin and his wife Kathryn retired to Kona,
Hawaii, where they lived until last year when they returned to the
mainland for health reasons. He is survived by a daughter, a son
and three grandchildren.

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Dale A. Rader, a 50-year active member of the
Oregon bar, died Dec. 7, 2001 at the age of 82. He was born April
3, 1919 in Colorado and grew up in Portland, attending Oregon State
and Stanford University.

He fought as an officer in the 8th Air Force in the
European theater, flying more than 30 missions in B-17s and B-24s,
including the Normandy invasion on D-Day. He was awarded medals
for valor and numerous other honors for his service.

Rader received J.D. and L.L.B. degrees from the University
of San Francisco Law School. As a law student he hosted a radio
program on the law in San Francisco. In 1951 he joined the OSB and
then served as a JAG officer in the Korean conflict. He held positions
as district attorney of Wheeler County and as deputy district attorney
in Multnomah County before launching an active practice in Portland
for 37 years. Rader then went on to practice fulltime as a partner
of the Ontario, Ore., firm of Rader and Rader (which includes his
son, Mark, and daughter, Diane, among others) until his death.

Rader was active in many civic organizations and charitable
endeavors and gave freely of his time and expertise, mentoring many
Oregon attorneys. The long-time pilot was a member of the Lawyer
Pilots Association and was recently honored as a 50-year member
of the Oregon State Bar. Rader was also the first recipient of the
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association.

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Norman Legernes died Dec. 14, 2001 at the age
of 79. He was born Aug. 18, 1922 in Portland and grew up in Hoquiam,
Wash. He graduated from Pacific University and then the Northwestern
College of Law in 1958. He joined the Oregon State Bar later that
year. Legernes served as an assistant attorney general for the Oregon
Department of Justice for 26 years, retiring in 1985.

Survivors include his wife, the former Dorothy Robinson,
whom he married in 1948, two daughters and a son.

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Lisa Brett Egan died Jan. 18, 2002. The 1988
graduate of Northwestern School of Law was a member of the national
Lawyer Pilots Association. She had practiced with her husband, Lloyd
Ericsson, in the Ericsson and Egan firm. Her husband predeceased
her. Both had been active in the bar's Aviation Law Section.

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Allan Hart passed away Feb. 2, 2002 at the
age of 92. He was a partner in what is now Lindsay, Hart, Neil &
Weigler, from 1968 until his retirement in 1985. He was a leading
specialist in energy law, growing out of his service as general
counsel to the fledgling BPA from 1940-42, his representation since
1946 of Reynolds Metals Co. and other leading Northwest users of
power provided by BPA and other representation.

Hart graduated from Stanford in 1931 and from Yale
Law School in 1934 and was admitted to the bar in Oregon later that
year. After a year on the Yale Law School faculty, he returned to
Portland and served as an assistant U.S. Attorney along with his
friend Manley Strayer for two years. From 1938-39 Hart worked in
Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Dept. of Justice under the famous
New Deal trust buster, Thurman Arnold. He returned to Portland to
join BPA's legal staff in 1939. After his World War II service in
the South Pacific and elsewhere from 1942-46, he began a private
practice in Portland. He was a partner in the Pendergrass firm (now
Bullivant, Houser, Bailey) from 1947-54, headed his own firm from
1954-68, and was a partner from 1968 on in what became Lindsay,
Hart, Neil & Weigler.

Hart was a leader in many community activities. He
was a co-founder in 1955 of the Oregon chapter of the ACLU, serving
on its board for many years, and handling many pro bono civil liberties
cases. Among them were: Namba v. McCourt, 185 Or. 579 (1949) (invalidation
of statue excluding Japanese immigrants from owning land), with
Vern Dusenbery; In re Patterson, 213 Or. 398 (1958), cert. den.
356 U.S. 947 (1958) (admission to bar of former member of Communist
Party), with Leo Levenson and others; In re Jolles, 235 Or. 262
(1963) (Same), with Dick Nahstoll and Harlow Lenon.

Hart was appointed to the State Board of Higher Education
in 1957, serving until 1964, and also served on local school boards
for the West Sylvan district and the Catlyn Gabel School.

His wife Ruth predeceased him by a few months. He
is survived by two daughters and four grandchildren.